Jakub Mensik and Matteo Gigante will face off in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on GRAND STAND ARENA. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jakub Mensik who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jakub Mensik is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Mensik -> 1.194
Matteo Gigante -> 4.65

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Prediction and head to head Jakub Mensik vs. Matteo Gigante

There is no head to head record between Jakub Mensik and Matteo Gigante since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Jakub Mensik

Jakub Mensik

20 - 9win/loss

Hard
16-6
I Hard
1-1
Clay
3-2
Rank
19
High
19
LWWLWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 22-10 16-6 5-3 1-1 0-0 0-0
2024 41-27 26-12 6-4 7-6 2-5 0-0
2023 37-23 10-6 17-11 10-6 0-0 0-0
2022 37-16 18-4 17-10 0-1 0-0 2-1
2021 1-4 0-0 1-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 21 (career-high), the Czech will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 3-6 7-6(5) 6-2 to Cerundolo in the quarter on the 1st of May.

The Czech has an aggregate 20-9 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Miami where he overcame Novak Djokovic in the final 7-6(4) 7-6(4).

Talking about his overall career, Mensik has an overall 136-79 record. He has a positive 44-31 record on clay.

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.

Rome
Mensik's Record

Matteo Gigante

Matteo Gigante

14 - 10win/loss

Hard
7-4
I Hard
0-3
Clay
7-3
Rank
167
High
132
WWWLLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 17-12 7-4 10-5 0-3 0-0 0-0
2024 41-25 27-10 11-10 2-4 1-1 0-0
2023 32-29 10-5 19-18 1-5 2-1 0-0
2022 38-20 9-1 27-15 2-4 0-0 0-0
2021 21-15 2-2 16-7 3-6 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 164, Matteo reached the 2nd round after beating Arthur Rinderknech 7-6(4) 7-6(4).

In the 1st round, Gigante had a good straight sets win against Rinderknech (7-64 7-64). During the match Gigante scored 97 points vs Rinderknech’s 93. Gigante was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.

About the serving games, Gigante struck 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Matteo Gigante lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gigante put 59% of his first serves in, winning 71% (45/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (21/43) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Rinderknech once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Rome Challenger where he overcame Vilius Gaubas in the final 6-2 3-6 6-4.

Matteo has a compiled 14-10 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.

Rome
Gigante's Record

Tennis Scores in Rome

  • Laslo DjereDjereAlex MichelsenMichelsen (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Lorenzo MusettiMusettiOtto VirtanenVirtanen (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Arthur FilsFilsTallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipasAlexandre MullerMuller (6-2 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Carlos AlcarazAlcarazDusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Corentin MoutetMoutetUgo HumbertHumbert (6-3 4-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Daniil MedvedevMedvedevCameron NorrieNorrie (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Alexei PopyrinPopyrinCarlos TabernerTaberner (6-1 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Francesco PassaroPassaroGrigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Karen KhachanovKhachanovRoman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (6-4 5-7 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Brandon NakashimaNakashimaJordan ThompsonThompson (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Vit KoprivaVitSebastian BaezSebastian (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
  • Vilius GaubasViliusDenis ShapovalovDenis (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

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